Chickens In Ya Window

[Sally Sunshine]

We are too afraid of ours to name it.



above is it trying to attack my DW in her car.



And below is a close up.

oh ****

 

[WalnutHill]

That's what I thought too, but I have a few hens in my flock, both young and old, who are up at first light, on the nests and going to work every day. They spend the rest of the day sunbathing and looking for treats, and go to bed early. Others are slackers, and start looking for the nest boxes around 3 p.m. and sometimes get stranded in the boxes in the dark in winter. They spend the day at the feeders gobbling up mash, or laying around.

The good thing about a rooster is that he keeps lazy hens on the move.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

hey sidewing can you have a look at my post for my meat birds please and see what you think please? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...hrough-the-emotions-please/5270#post_15932372
@sideWing

 

[sideWing]

Thinking about the egg laying process while watching my brown egg laying hens...

The darkest eggs, other than those early pullet eggs or post-molt eggs, seem to be those laid very early in the morning. It seems that those eggs are held longer in the "paint booth" and gather more pigment while waiting. Those laid midafternoon seem to be the lightest. All my production brown layers are same age, same variety...RIR x RIW.

I wonder if there would be a benefit, where shell color is a critical factor, to select eggs from hens who consistently lay early in the day in addition to those who lay darker eggs. While these hens may not lay highly desirable color themselves, when bred to good color lines the pullets may lay darker eggs.

90% of mine lay after 12 noon. I thought that was strange. And that's with 20 laying birds.

hey sidewing can you have a look at my post for my meat birds please and see what you think please? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...hrough-the-emotions-please/5270#post_15932372
@sideWing

Done!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

90% of mine lay after 12 noon. I thought that was strange. And that's with 20 laying birds.

Done!

 

[sideWing]

 

[WVduckchick]

Ok I just had the strangest thing happen. We bought a 100' roll of welded wire, 4' tall. It was laying rolled up in the back of the truck. I kept hearing something, and finally noticed that one of the hens had crawled into the center of the roll. At first, I was just taking pictures, until I realized she was stuck!! I think one of her wings got caught in a square inside the roll. Luckily, she's a nice girl and I was able to reach my arm up in the roll and free her wing, and push her forward. Then had to go to the other end, and keep freeing her feet as I pulled her out the other end. Crazy bird!

 

[WalnutHill]

One of my banty hens wove her way into the middle of a loosely rolled length of old welded wire fence, but the back of the roll was against the shed and she couldn't go forward to get out or turn around. I had to unwind the whole length.

They are good at getting themselves in trouble.

 

[FridayYet]

Funny how they seem to be able to get themselves into trouble, but can't seem to get out of it!

 

[sideWing]

I almost lost a little cockerel that wedged himself between a cage and the wall. He was not moving when I found him and pulled him out. I thought he was dead, but he started moving after a minute.